HELP....Starting from Scratch ... found 6" Well in yard

Discovered CI well in yard. It's 125' deep ... water starts @ 75' . Thinking of just using for yard irrigation. What's the easiest/simplest approach. I was thinking deep submersible pump to 3/4" flex line direct to sprinklers. Is this even doable? Recommendations ... PLEASE

Just because you have 50 feet of water in the well, doesnâ€™t mean it will make enough to run a sprinkler. Of course you wonâ€™t know until you try. Use a Â½ HP, 10 or 7 GPM pump, set at 120â€™. A ball valve on the discharge pipe will let you vary the flow out of the system. Try running wide open and see if it holds up. If not shut the ball valve back to 5 GPM and see how long it will run. You have to find out if water will come into the well fast enough to do what you want. The well may only make 1 or 2 GPM for long term. Or it may not make any. You just have to run it to see.

What's the GPM requirement for the sprinklers? The pump should be matched to the GPM draw so as not to cycle on and off too much. Alternately you could use a CycleStopValve. You won't know how many GPM the well can produce until you drop in a pump and test it.

Discovered CI well in yard. It's 125' deep ... water starts @ 75' . Thinking of just using for yard irrigation. What's the easiest/simplest approach. I was thinking deep submersible pump to 3/4" flex line direct to sprinklers. Is this even doable? Recommendations ... PLEASE

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Welcome to Terry's Forums NT,

I would put water into the well and make sure it will take water first.

Before spending a bunch of money, to find that it has been sealed with concrete in the bottom of the casing.